Eggs Cooked in Avocado Rings

We saw Zakarian make eggs cooked in rings of avocado on Next Iron Chef last season and decided to try it:

Egg in avocado ring, egg in pepper ring, toast, apple butter, avocado slices, sauteed pepper slices, fruit salad, coffee

You slice the avocado, leaving the skin on.  I think I got two slices out of one large avocado (because, let's face it, avocados are too expensive for each of us to have one to ourselves).  You put them in a pan and crack eggs into the holes.  Then end.  Pretty simple.  Cover them while they cook so that the top of the egg is done and you don't have to try to flip them.

Since I had a ton of yellow peppers on hand (Meijer manager's special), I did the same thing with some peppers....thick slices, crack eggs, cover while cooking.

They look really great on the plate, but to be honest, this wasn't my favorite.  Raw avocado is infinitely better than cooked avocado, in my opinion.  The peppers were good, though.

Saturday Breakfast at Home



With our work schedules, Zach and I rarely get to sleep in and have breakfast together, much less on a Saturday. 

 

We had an abundance of sweet potatoes that needed to be used quickly (can anyone say "Aldi Dumpster?"), and avocados had been on sale at Meijer recently.

 

I took this picture partially because avocados always look cool, and partially to make Connie (a 2013 intern) jealous.

 

Menu:

Sweet Potato Hash with Caramalized Onions
Fried Eggs
Sliced Avocados
Whole Wheat Toast with Apple Butter
Coffee (probably)

New Year's Day Brunch with the Persons

The Persons stopped by our house for a night and a morning and rang in the new year with us.  The next morning, we made brunch.

 

 

 

Featuring the coconut syrup that my sister-in-law (Miranda) got me for Christmas

 

 

Menu:

 

French Toast

Pineapple-Ginger Syrup (we had nothing fresh in the house with which to make a fruit topping, so I used canned pineapple and FINALLY used my new microplane to grate in some ginger.  That thing was well worth the wait!!)

Coconut Syrup (really good mixed with the pineapple)

Bourbon-Vanilla Syrup (the basic homemade syrup with bourbon and vanilla in it instead of maple)

Ahmad Cardamom Black Tea

Some Random Fruit Tea


Here is a picture of Miranda in the Renaissance Festival costume that we sewed/made for her at the last minute in the fall sometime:

 

 

Note to self: dying synthetics with coffee is not the greatest idea you have ever had.